Posted on 11/28/2005 10:22:38 AM PST by conservativecorner
A CNN switchboard operator was fired over the holiday -- after the operator claimed the 'X' placed over Vice President's Dick Cheney's face was "free speech!"
"We did it just to make a point. Tell them to stop lying, Bush and Cheney," the CNN operator said to a caller. "Bring our soldiers home."
The caller initially phoned the network to complain about the all-news channel flashing an "X' over Cheney as he gave an address live from Washington.
"Was it not freedom of speech? Yes or No?" the CNN operator explained.
"If you don't like it, don't watch."
Laurie Goldberg, Senior Vice President for Public Relations with CNN, said in a release:
"A Turner switchboard operator was fired today after we were alerted to a conversation the operator had with a caller in which the operator lost his temper and expressed his personal views -- behavior that was totally inappropriate. His comments did not reflect the views of CNN. We are reaching out to the caller and expressing our deep regret to her and apologizing that she did not get the courtesy entitled to her. "
Developing...
I really liked ol' Teddy before he started taking all those mind-altering drugs to control his outrageous behaviour. Now, he is just a P.O.S. with nothing to say tat is worth listening to. Poor Ted, first he sold his soapbox, then gave away most of his money to the U.N., then he lost Jane Fonda as a wife....hey...wait a minute....Teddy ain't doin' so bad afterall!
LOL! There is, but it belongs to the employer! :D
I guess we'll just have to be satisfied by referring to him as "Mr. X."
"His comments did not reflect the views of CNN."
ROTFLMAO
I love this story, and I hope it stays around for a while. Because as long as it does, the more people will realize that there are monkeys at the controls at CNN.
Let me sum it up this way:
Encourage everybody you communicate with to watch FOX News.
Encourage everybody you communicate with to never watch CNN.
CNN = Monkey See Monkey Do ~ Bump!
Out of the mouths of babes..............
Boneheads
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